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BE the CHANGE you want to see in the world ~ GandhiAntoni Gaudi . . . to ask him what El Sagrada Familia Church in barcelona , spain was suppposed to BE architecturally ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Jack Kerouac " ~ the only people for me are the mad ones . . . the ones who are mad to LOVE , mad to TALK , mad to be SAVED ; the ones who never yawn , or say a commonplace thing , but BURN , BURN , BURN like Fabulous Yellow Roman Candles EXPLODING like spiders across the STARS ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Nelson Mandela " ~ our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate . . . our deepest fear is that we are POWERFUL beyond measure . . . it is our LIGHT ,,, not our darkness that most frightens us . . . your playing small does not serve the world . . . there is nothing ENLIGHTENED about shrinking ,,, so that other people won't feel insecure around you . . . we were ALL meant to SHINE as children do . . . IT is not just in some of us ,,, IT is in EVERYONE ! ! ! as we let our own LIGHT SHINE ! ! ! we unconsciously give other people permission to DO the same . . . as we are LIBERATED from our own fear ,,, our presence automatically LIBERATES others ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Salvador Dali " ~ the landscape is a state of the SOUL ,,, my painting is only a fragment of my total cosmogony ,,, HEAVEN is exactly in the middle of the chest of the man who has FAITH ,,, i have an IMMEASURABLE taste for LIFE ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Jim Morrison " ~ i tell you this ,,, no ETERNAL reward will ever forgive us now for wasting the DAWN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Albert Einstein " ~ the world is a dangerous place to live ,,, not because of the people who are evil ,,, but because of the people who do not DO ANYTHING about it ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !*********************************************************** *********" Jesus " ~ may ALL beings attain the LIGHT of TRUTH and become LOVE . . . give with NO conditions and then a healing takes place ,,, not just a physical healing but a HEALING of the planet ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !*********************************************************** *********" Mother Theresa of Calcutta " ~ what i do you cannot do : but what you do ,,, i cannot do . . . the needs are great ,,, and none of us ,,, including me ,,, ever do great things . . . but we CAN do small things ,,, with great LOVE ,,, & together we can DO something WONDERFUL ! ! ! GOD does not require us to succeed ,,, HE only requires that you TRY . . . we have not come into the world to be numbered ; we have been created for a purpose ; for great things : to LOVE & be LOVED ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Ralph Waldo Emerson " ~ what lies behind us & what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies WITHIN us . . . when it is dark enough ,,, you can see the STARS . . . the creation of a thousand forests is in ONE acorn ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !*********************************************************** *********" Carl G. Jung " ~ your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own HEART . . . who looks outside ,,, dreams ; who looks inside ,,, AWAKES ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Alfred de Vigny " ~ fainthearted animals move about in herds . . . the lion walks alone in the desert . . . let the poet ALWAYS walk thus ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Friedrich Nietzche " ~ every man knows well enough that he IS a unique being ,,, only ONCE on this earth : & by no extraordinary chance will such a marvelously picturesque piece of diversity in UNITY as he is ,,, ever BE put together a second time . . . the SECRET of reaping the greatest fruitfulness & the greatest enjoyment from life is to LIVE dangerously ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Mevlana Rumi " ~ your task is not to seek for LOVE ,,, but merely to seek & FIND all the barriers WITHIN yourself that you have built against it . . . mature yourself & be secure from a change for the worse ,,, become the LIGHT ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Joseph Campbell " ~ follow your BLISS & the universe WILL open doors for you where there were only walls ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Buddha " ~ there is no FIRE like passion . . . thousands of candles can be LIT from a single candle ,,, & the life of the candle will not be shortened . . . happiness NEVER decreases by being shared . . . words have the power to both destroy & HEAL . . . when words are both TRUE & KIND , , , they can CHANGE our world ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Thomas Paine " ~ the world is my country ,,, ALL mankind are my brethren ,,, my mind IS my own church ,,, & to do good IS my religion . . . we have it in our POWER to begin the world OVER again ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !*********************************************************** *********" Leonardo da Vinci " ~ i have been impressed with the urgency of DOING . . . knowing is not enough ; we must APPLY . . . being willing is not enough ; we must DO . . . for once you have tasted FLIGHT , , , you WILL forever walk the earth with your eyes turned SKYWARD , , , for there you have been , , , & there you will ALWAYS long to return ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Margaret Mead " ~ NEVER doubt that a small group of thoughtful , , , commited citizens can CHANGE the world ; indeed , , , it is the ONLY thing that ever has ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Gustave Flaubert " ~ let us extract beauty from EVERYTHING , , , for it exists IN everything & everywhere ; & let us GROW accustomed to considering the world as a work of ART ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Arthur Rimbaud " ~ it is necessary to be a seer , , , to MAKE oneself a seer . . . the ARTIST makes himself a seer by a long , , , immense & reasoned unruliness of the senses . . . he attains the UNKNOWN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" D. H. Lawrence " ~ i never saw a WILD thing sorry for itself . . . a small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself . . . establish ones OWN religion in ones HEART , , , not to be dependent on tradition & second - hand ideals . . . LIFE will seem to you later , , , not a lesser thing but a GREATER ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Arundhati Roy " ~ another world is not only possible , , , she IS on her way . . . on a quiet day , , , i can hear her BREATHING ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Anais Nin " ~ it is the function of art to RENEW our perception , , , what we are familiar with we cease to SEE . . . the writer SHAKES up the familiar scene , , , & as if by magic , , , we see a NEW meaning IN it . . . i will not be just a tourist in the world of images . . . & the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to BLOSSOM ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Muhammad Ali " ~ impossible is a big word thrown around by small men & women who find it easier to live in the world they have been given rather than to explore the POWER they have to CHANGE it ! ! ! impossible is not a fact , , , it is an opinion . . . impossible is not a declaration , , , it is a dare . . . impossible is POTENTIAL ! ! ! impossible is TEMPORARY ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Robert Fulghum " ~ i believe that IMAGINATION is stronger than knowledge - MYTH is more potent than history - DREAMS are more powerful than facts - HOPE always triumphs over experience - LAUGHTER is the cure for grief - LOVE is stronger than death ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ************************************************************ ********" Charlie Chaplin, O Grande Ditador, 1940 " ~ im sorry but i dont want to be an emperor . . . i dont want to rule or conquer anyone . . . i should like to HELP everyone if possible = jew + gentile + black man + white . . . we all want to HELP one another; human beings ARE like that . . . we want to live by each others HAPPINESS , , , not by each others misery . . . we dont want to hate and despise one another . . . in this world there IS room for everyone . . . the good earth IS rich & can provide for EVERYONE ! ! ! the way of life can be FREE & BEAUTIFUL * * * but we have lost the way . . . greed has poisoned mens SOULS it has barricaded the world with hate , , , has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed . . . we have developed speed but perhaps have shut ourselves in . . . machinery that gives abundance has left us in want . . . our knowledge has made us cynical , , , our cleverness hard and unkind . . . we think too much & FEEL too little . . . more than machinery , , , we need HUMANITY * * * more than cleverness , , , we need KINDNESS & GENTLENESS * * * without these qualities , , , life will be violent & ALL will be lost . . . the airplane & the radio have brought us closer together . . . the very nature of these inventions CRIES out for the GOODNESS in men , , , CRIES out for UNIVERSAL brotherhood for the UNITY of us ALL . . . even now my voice IS reaching millions throughout the world , , , millions of despairing men / women / little children , , , victims of a system that makes men torture & imprison INNOCENT people * * * to those who can hear me i say , , , " do not despair ! ! ! " the misery that is now upon us is but the PASSING of greed , , , the bitterness of men who fear the way of human PROGRESS . . . the hate of men WILL pass & dictators die; & the power they took from the people WILL return to the people & so long as men die , , , liberty will NEVER perish * * * can YOU hear me ? ? ? wherever you are look up , , , the clouds are LIFTING . . . the SUN is breaking THROUGH . . . we ARE coming out of the darkness & into the LIGHT . . . we are coming into a NEW world , , , a KINDLIER world , , , where men will rise ABOVE their hate , , , their greed & brutality . . . the soul of man has been given WINGS & at last he is beginning to FLY . . . he is flying into the RAINBOW = into the LIGHT of hope into the future , , , the GLORIOUS future that belongs to you , , , to me & to ALL of us . . . look up , , , look UP ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !